ASHTABULA COUNTY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE CENTER 2024 - 2025

Paraprofessional (Teacher Aide)

Reports To:  Principal, Special Education Supervisor or Pupil Services Director

Summary        

• Assist teacher with classroom duties and/or monitor students as assigned.
• Assist the administration in implementing all procedures and rules governing student life and conduct and develop reasonable rules of classroom behavior and procedure.
• Effectively manage the classroom and individual student behavior to maintain a good learning environment

Note:  The below lists are not ranked in order of importance.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED)

Essential Functions

• Maintain a safe environment and insure safety and well-being of students.
• Work with students both individually and in small groups reinforcing skills taught by the teacher and/or therapists; maintain open communication regarding student’s progress and concerns.
• Assist students with classwork and make-up work.
• Assist with recess supervision, restroom breaks, etc.
• Promote good social relationships between students.
• Distribute communiqués to be sent home with students.
• Assist students with toiletry needs as necessary.
• Duplicate materials for class.
• Make contacts with the public with tact and diplomacy.
• Maintain respect at all times for confidential information.
• Interact in a positive manner with staff, students, and parents.
• Provide assistance to classroom teacher.
• Maintain and improve professional competence by attending professional growth seminars, workshops, etc. Attend meetings and inservices as required
• Promote good public relations.

Other Duties and Responsibilities

• Prepare materials for class projects.
• Maintain confidentiality of personally identifiable data and abide by other regulations.
• Be proactive in seeking information to help understand the student’s ability/disability.
• Implement behavioral management strategies as determined by the teacher/IEP team.
• Assist with special school projects.
• Accompany and assist student on field trips and other off campus school activities as necessary
• Administer first aid to students as necessary.
• Develop correspondence, including reports and such other correspondence as may be required.
• Prepare supply, material, and equipment requisitions as directed by immediate supervisor.
• Respond to routine questions and requests in an appropriate manner.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the classroom teacher or supervisor.
• Serve as a role model for students.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to work effectively with others.
• Ability to communicate ideas and directives clearly and effectively both orally and in writing.
• Effective active listening skills.
• Organizational and problem solving skills.
• Basic computer skills.
• Ability to be flexible and adaptable to changing situations.
• Student management skills.
• Basic first aid.

Equipment Operated

• Computer
• Copy machine
• Printer
• Telephone/cellular phone
• Calculator

Additional Working Conditions

• Occasional exposure to blood, bodily fluids, and tissue.
• Occasional operation of a vehicle under inclement weather conditions (i.e., being prepared to come to school on all scheduled work days, except calamity days).
• Frequent interaction with unruly students.
• Frequent and regular requirement to sit, stand, walk, talk, hear, see, read, speak, reach, stretch with hands and arms, crouch, climb, kneel, and stoop.
• Occasional requirement to carry, lift, push and pull items up to a maximum of 50 pounds.

The Ashtabula County Educational Service Center does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including sexual orientation and transgender identity), disability, age, religion, military status, ancestry, genetic information (collectively, "Protected Classes"), or any other legally protected category, in its programs and activities, including employment opportunities.

Adopted by ACESC Governing Board on December 8, 2021